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Dating and Stable Isotope Analysis of Charred Residues from Neolithic Sites in the Primorye, Russian Far East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Dai Kunikita ,
Alexander N Popov ,
Boris V Lazin ,
Kazuki Morisaki  and
Hiroyuki Matsuzaki
Dai Kunikita*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
Alexander N Popov
Affiliation:
Scientific Museum, Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8 str., 37, Okeansky Ave.,Vladivostok690950, Russia
Boris V Lazin
Affiliation:
Scientific Museum, Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8 str., 37, Okeansky Ave.,Vladivostok690950, Russia
Kazuki Morisaki
Affiliation:
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, 3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959, Japan
Hiroyuki Matsuzaki
Affiliation:
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan
*
*Corresponding author. Email: dkunikita@yahoo.co.jp.
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Abstract

This study attempts to reconstruct food habits through carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotope analysis and C/N analysis of charred residues inside pottery from the Primorye in the Russian Far East (Luzanova Sopka 2, Sergeyevka 1, Boisman 2, and Vetka 2 sites). Dates were obtained that were from the later stages of the Rudnaya culture (6980–6485 BP, 7800–7400 cal BP), proto-Boisman type (6760–6330 BP, 7600–7300 cal BP), Boisman culture (6155–4720 BP, 7100–5400 cal BP), and Vetka culture (6030–5870 BP, 6900–6700 cal BP). There are major differences in the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios between inland sites (δ13C –26.9 to –30.0‰, δ15N 7.6 to 9.3‰) and coastal sites (δ13C –18.1 to –24.2‰, δ15N 9.5 to 14.9‰). The results show that the diet of inland cultures consisted primarily of freshwater fish and terrestrial animals and plants, whereas that of coastal cultures consisted mainly of marine organisms.

Keywords

radiocarbon datingisotope analysisdietNeolithic
Type
Puzzles in Archaeological Chronologies
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 59 , Special Issue 2: Proceedings of the 22nd International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 1 of 2) , April 2017 , pp. 565 - 573
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© 2017 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Selected Papers from the 2015 Radiocarbon Conference, Dakar, Senegal, 16–20 November 2015

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